DEREK CHISORA is closing out his career against a familiar face – thanks to the help of David Haye.
Chisora is due to enter the ring for the 50th and final time on December 13 in Manchester – but has had a fight to find an opponent.
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Derek Chisora has agreed his 50th and final opponentCredit: Getty
David Haye with Derek Chisora in 2018Credit: Alan Walter
Moses Itauma, Deontay Wilder and Jarrell Miller were all touted – before ultimately collapsing.
But after bumping into Haye at the Pride of Britain awards – they hatched a plan to lure Dillian Whyte back for a trilogy bout.
Haye and Chisora phoned up Whyte and verbally agreed a stunning deal – which would pit the bitter British rivals against each other one final time.
HighBet ambassador Haye, 45, told SunSport: “Him and Dillian Whyte are doing a third fight. So I’m looking forward to that sort of Christmas cracker, that one will be.
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“Their first two fights were epic battles, kind of like the UK heavyweight version of Gatti-Ward, where they give it the hype before and they turn up and both left bombs fly.
“Obviously, Chisora’s coming off some great form, last four victories on the spin.
“Dillian’s coming off some terrible form with Moses Itauma but I’m pretty sure Dillian wouldn’t have taken this fight if he didn’t think he could beat Derek.
“He’s beaten him twice before, knocked him out last time. I was with Derek last night at the Pride of Britain awards and he’s really buzzing about it.
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“He’s excited, he wants to have his final fight be against a guy who’s beaten him twice.
“He wants to set the record straight for the trilogy fight. He’s gonna be in great shape and with Dillian Whyte it’s really nice to see two fighters from the same era, loads of history, and simply doing it.”
Chisora claimed he was robbed on the scorecards against Whyte in 2016 – before being robbed of consciousness in their rematch two years later.
Their relationship was blown hot and cold in recent years – but remained cool enough to thrash out a deal on the phone.
And Haye – who knocked out Chisora in 2012 before becoming his manager years later – reckons Tyson Fury and Anthony Joshua could learn from it.
He said: “I think it’s a 50/50 deal, 60 goes to the winner, 40 goes to the loser. Crack on, easy, easy, fight to make. There’s no complications.
“I think Tyson Fury and AJ should take a leaf out of Derek and Dillian’s book to say if you want the fight, it’s a conversation they had with each other, they’ve done the deal. Nice and simple.
“And that’s, that’s how it should be, and I think either AJ or Tyson need to phone each other up and say, ‘Look, what’s the score? What’s the split? We split it, bosh you pay your people, I pay my people, that’s it.’
“Plain and simple. That’s how it should work.”
Chisora has won his last three on the spin since trilogy defeat to old foe-turned-friend Fury.
But Whyte was blown out in just a few minutes of the opening round against 20-year-old prodigy Itauma in August.
So Haye expects Whyte, 37, and Chisora, 41, to bow out after their trilogy clash while they still have their wits about them.
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He said: “I’d be surprised if either them fight on after this fight, because knowing the ferocity that they go at each other at, would they even pass a brain scan after this fight to continue to box on?
“It’s that’s the question, looking at their first two fights I don’t know about that. I think what a great way to finish both of their careers in one or one night. It’s gonna be pretty epic.”
Chisora lost to Dillian Whyte on points in 2016Credit: PA:Press Association
Whyte KO’d Chisora in their 2018 rematchCredit: News Group Newspapers Ltd
